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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوانج (kıvanç, “joy; vain, conceited”, noun; adjective). From Proto-Turkic *kïb (“luck, happiness”).[1] Cognate with Kazakh қуаныш (quanyş, “joy”), Kyrgyz кубаныч (kubanıc), etc.
Noun
kıvanç (definite accusative kıvancı, plural kıvançlar)
- pleasure
- kıvanç duymak ― to be proud of something (literally, “to feel pleasure”)
Declension
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